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Posts Tagged ‘Dr. Robert Rostock’
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- 08/25/2010 - Senators Specter and Kerry - CMS Has Some ‘Splaining To Do
- 08/14/2010 - ASCO Tells CMS It Should Cover Provenge
- 07/29/2010 - Provenge Works & Costs the Same as Chemo & Comments by Bishop
- 07/25/2010 - Setting the Record Straight
- 07/15/2010 - The Bloodshed, Bogus Threats, Birth Defects, Bashers Cover Letter
- 07/15/2010 - Provenge Is Approved But The Lies Continue
- 07/08/2010 - PROVENGE WILL BE COVERED BY MEDICARE
- 07/06/2010 - CareToLive sends a Freedom of Information Request to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- 07/04/2010 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are requesting comments.
- 05/20/2010 - Dr. Snuffy Myers Advocates For Provenge Treatment
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- Dr. Snuffy Myers Advocates For Provenge Treatment
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are requesting comments.
- CareToLive sends a Freedom of Information Request to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- PROVENGE WILL BE COVERED BY MEDICARE
- Provenge Is Approved But The Lies Continue
- The Bloodshed, Bogus Threats, Birth Defects, Bashers Cover Letter
- The Real Provenge Story
- Setting the Record Straight
- BREAKING NEWS! PROVENGE APPROVED!
- Provenge Works & Costs the Same as Chemo & Comments by Bishop
WHATS GOING ON
This Is An Emergency!
We rallied outside the FDA building in Rockville, Maryland on September 18th. Now there are buses riding around Rockville and Washington, D.C., further protesting the shenanigans that took place inside the FDA building, as well as outside.
The FDA has gotten caught up with Wall Street. While it is supposed to be busy with evaluating food and drugs, its employees just can't keep their eyes off the money. So that is how decisions are being made these days.
This Is An Emergency!
We rallied outside the FDA building in Rockville, Maryland on September 18th. Now there are buses riding around Rockville and Washington, D.C., further protesting the shenanigans that took place inside the FDA building, as well as outside.
The FDA has gotten caught up with Wall Street. While it is supposed to be busy with evaluating food and drugs, its employees just can't keep their eyes off the money. So that is how decisions are being made these days.
WE'LL BE BACK
These people traveled from all across the country to protest outside the FDA Building in Rockville, Maryland. The FDA has stopped a safe and effective treatment from getting to men who need it now. The treatment is called Provenge and it treats men who have late stage prostate cancer.
The FDA appointed a panel of experts to help it decide on the safety and efficacy of Provenge. That panel voted 17-0 that Provenge was safe. And it voted 13-4 that Provenge showed substantial evidence it worked. And yet the FDA delayed it. Now it could be a year, a year and a half or it could be three years. It could be forever.
These people will keeping coming back to Rockville and they hope others will join them until the courts, the FDA, Congress or somebody does something about this travesty.
These people traveled from all across the country to protest outside the FDA Building in Rockville, Maryland. The FDA has stopped a safe and effective treatment from getting to men who need it now. The treatment is called Provenge and it treats men who have late stage prostate cancer.
The FDA appointed a panel of experts to help it decide on the safety and efficacy of Provenge. That panel voted 17-0 that Provenge was safe. And it voted 13-4 that Provenge showed substantial evidence it worked. And yet the FDA delayed it. Now it could be a year, a year and a half or it could be three years. It could be forever.
These people will keeping coming back to Rockville and they hope others will join them until the courts, the FDA, Congress or somebody does something about this travesty.
Setting the Record Straight
July 25th, 2010 | Posted by CTLAs the comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website concerning the coverage of Provenge continue to mount, some people inadvertently, and some deliberately, have submitted inaccurate information. Care To Live (CTL), with the help of two of our exceptional physician and scientist friends, Dr. Robert Rostock and Ocyan respectively, continue to set the record straight.
It remains the opinion of CTL, based on all sources of information and investigation, that the CMS review is not about coverage or non coverage of Provenge. It is about interpreting the label, and how much to require from physicians prior to granting reimbursement approval.
We believe that the CMS review could and should actually lead to more patients being covered rather than less.
The argument should not be about coverage vs. non-coverage it should be about how early in the treatment regime patients will qualify for on label use.
We believe that CMS is wrong in not being more specific in their PR release, as to the specific purposes of review. They themselves are responsible for the circus-like atmosphere they have created. They should immediately issue a clarifying statement on this topic. Again, they have no legal or medical basis to deny coverage.
Dr. Robert Rostock, a first-rate prostate cancer Radiation Oncologist, who is in the trenches as he fights each day to treat men with late stage prostate cancer, provided his expert opinion.
“The label does need to be clarified. The sad truth is that most patients are diagnosed with a bone scan when there is already significant pain. Continue Reading Setting the Record Straight »
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Tags: Breast Cancer, Care To Live, CareToLive, CMS, CTL, Dendreon, Dr. Robert Rostock, FDA, Immunotherapy, prostate, Prostate Cancer, provenge
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REAL FDA COMMISSIONER NEEDED
May 7th, 2008 | Posted by CTLWeek #6 Rockville/Bethesda/Chevy Chase Gazette Ad Campaign
Read/Download Richard Ripp Rockville Gazette Ad richardrippgazettecolor.pdf
Please visit the FDA Protest 5/30/08 page and help us spread the word. There is much that everyone can do to help raise awareness. Thanks. CareToLive
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Tags: Brachytherapy, Cancer Vaccine, Care To Live, CareToLive, commissioner Andrew Von Eschenbach, Dendreon, Dr. Robert Rostock, FDA, foia, Freedom of Information Act, Howard Scher, Immunotherapy, Janet Woodcock, maha hussain, Michael Milken, oncologist, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Prostate Gland, Prostatectomy, provenge, Richard Pazdur, Robotic Surgery, Thomas R Fleming
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Protest FDA Janet Woodcock Philly Marriot May 6 Nationwide Protest May 30
May 2nd, 2008 | Posted by CTLMay 6 at 8AM
Keynote speaker: Janet Woodcock, MD, Deputy Commissioner, FDA, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
http://www.temple.edu/pharmacy_qara/08agenda.htm
VISIT OUR RALLY PAGE FOR MAY 30, 2008 NATIONWIDE PROSTATE CANCER DEMONSTRATION DETAILS http://caretolive.com/rally/
We are also looking for a demonstration coordinator to organize outside of Michael Milken’s The Prostate Cancer Foundation in Santa Monica. They have sadly been silent regarding the Provenge delay and need a wake up call.
HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE PROTEST!
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Tags: Brachytherapy, Cancer Vaccine, Care To Live, CareToLive, commissioner Andrew Von Eschenbach, Dendreon, Dr. Robert Rostock, FDA, foia, Freedom of Information Act, Howard Scher, Immunotherapy, Janet Woodcock, maha hussain, Michael Milken, oncologist, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Prostate Gland, Prostatectomy, provenge, Richard Pazdur, Robotic Surgery, Thomas R Fleming
Posted in The Cause, The Dysfunctional FDA | 1 Comment »
Week #5 FDA FIDDLES 27,000 MEN DIE
April 30th, 2008 | Posted by CTLThis weeks ad in the Chevy Chase / Bethesda / Kensington Gazette features a strong proponent for the approval of Provenge, Dr. Robert Rostock, Chairman of Oncology, Geisinger, South Wilkes Barre, PA; Chairman, Radiation Oncology, Wyoming Valley Health Care, and Chair, Institutional Review Board; former faculty member and specialist in immunology research, Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Tags: Brachytherapy, Cancer Vaccine, Care To Live, CareToLive, commissioner Andrew Von Eschenbach, Dendreon, Dr. Robert Rostock, FDA, foia, Freedom of Information Act, Howard Scher, Immunotherapy, maha hussain, Michael Milken, oncologist, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Gland, Prostatectomy, provenge, Richard Pazdur, Robotic Surgery, Thomas R Fleming
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